Which isn’t to say she shouldn’t be scrutinized. All candidates running for the White House should be asked tough questions, and their backgrounds studied. Imagine if we’d done a little more research on a certain Hope and Changer.

This video of Carly could’ve potentially put her in a tough spot as she praises Hillary Clinton. Watch:

Some historical context: In May of 2008, the McCain campaign made a play for the Hillary supporters, who under siege by the rabid Obama supporters (HOPE AND CHANGE, BEYOTCH), as well as causing mischief while the Democrat primary was still going on. Noble causes, even if the McCain camp failed miserably.

It’s still a legit issue for Carly Fiorina to have to answer for, which she does around the 3:00 mark. Is Hillary hard working? Is she a liar? We’re waiting…

Both those statements are true. She is very hard working. She is very intelligent. I think she is empathetic. She’s very focused. She has dedicated her life to public service. All that is true. AND, she’s lied! She’s lied about Bengazi. She’s lied about her emails. She’s lied about her server. And I do not think we can permit her to become President of the United States. Both of those things are true.

What could have been an awkward moment was transformed into a very potent insult toward Hillary Clinton. A true insult at that. Well, played.

See calling Hillary Clinton smart, is not an invalid compliment. She’s smart enough to have gotten away with lies/murder. Praising your opponent’s strong suits can only serve to highlight your strength when you beat said opponent. If you just call everybody a “loser,” well guess what… all you did at the end of the day was beat a bunch of losers. Sound impressive? Didn’t think so.

It’s for this same reason that combat champions, when matched up unevenly with an incredible underdog, will often attempt to build their opponent up in order to highlight their own accomplishments. It’s the exact opposite tactic of a bully, who only wants to fight scrubs.

So what say you? Does her response fly?

Comments

Nugget September 7, 2015 at 12:31 pm

This was in 2008. We all change through the years and seven years later Fiorina has changed too. Nothing wrong with that.

Hillary has since 2008 been known to lie, lie, lie and then lie again. She is not trustworthy and I, for one, do NOT want her has my president. (Actually, I think she needs to be in jail!)

Bill R September 7, 2015 at 8:12 pm

i’ve called her out in social media for perpetuating the war of the sexes meme, so loved by the left, and i’m not thrilled she supported mccain particularly if it was during the primaries. when did she begin supporting him exactly? after all i did too once we got into the general election.

I have little problem with her “playing nice” with clinton in the first video; it’s politics after all and not the same as established policy positions.

bottom line: what side of issues has she been on now and in the past? when she campaigned in a hard core leftist state against boxer she stuck by conservative positions, a political suicide mission i’d say, and that should be convincing enough.

Scott September 8, 2015 at 7:17 pm

Bill, your comment just prompted me to look at the results from the Boxer/Fiorina 2010 election. Carly actually did respectably given the major leftist lean of CA. She carried 36 of 58 counties. Unfortunately, the urban core of CA is overwhelmingly Democrat. 52%-42% isn’t shabby considering the odds were never in her favor.